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Interplay between tolerance mechanisms to copper and acid stress in Escherichia coli.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Jun 2017
Djoko Karrera Y, Phan Minh-Duy, Peters Kate M, Walker Mark J, Schembri Mark A, McEwan Alastair G
Abstract excerpt
Copper (Cu) is a key antibacterial component of the host innate immune system and almost all bacterial species possess systems that defend against the toxic effects of excess Cu. The Cu tolerance system in Gram-negative bacteria is composed minimally of a Cu sensor (CueR) and a Cu export pump (CopA). The cueR and copA genes are encoded on the chromosome typically as a divergent but contiguous operon. In...
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